My Crow family originated in
England. The surname may have first appeared in the
Norfolk area. Common use of surnames began during the mid
to late 1200's. English surnames were taken
from several sources, including localities or land features (such as
Dale, Marsh, or Ford), physical features (such as Longfellow or
Short), names of animals and flowers (such as Robin and Thorne), from
occupations (such as Cooper, Carpenter or Clark), and sometimes from nicknames.

Early immigration records show
numerous Crow surname listings, beginning as early as
1620. Some of the earliest immigrants we have found
include William Crow to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620; Henry
Crow to Virginia in 1636; James Crow to Virginia in 1657; John
Crow to Virginia in 1662; Thomas Crow to Virginia in
1673; John Crow to Maryland in 1666; Francis Crow to
Maryland in 1673; and ThomasCrow to America in 1679.

My thanks to William Mattingly,
Bill Elliott and Dale Morgan who contributed much of
this early genealogy.

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Although there is much
disagreement on the matter, it is believed my 5th great grandfather
was John Crow, born about 1683, in St. George's Parish,
Baltimore County, Maryland.

John first married Mary (maiden
name unknown) in 1713, in St. George's Parish, Baltimore
County. Mary was born about 1687.
She died on November 16, 1713, in St. George's Parish, just five days
after giving birth to her only child. (Note: Many
researchers believe Mary was Mary Unick.
Dale Morgan has documentation of a marriage for a William Crow
and Mary Unick. We will allow you to draw
your own conclusion.)

Marriage records indicate that
John married his second wife, Margaret Compton, on April 6,
1719, in St. George's Parish. We have no
information on this marriage or any children that may have been born
from this union.

It appears that John Crow married
my 5th great grandmother, Judith Magee, sometime around
1732, probably in Baltimore County, Maryland.
Judith Magee was born about 1707, probably in Maryland.

John died February 16, 1744, in
St. George's Parish, Baltimore County, leaving Judith with several
small children to raise. An inventory of the estate
of John Crow was made on February 17, 1745.

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